Star Jones returns to "The View" as a guest

(CBS/AP) Star Jones, one of the original co-hosts of "The View" who had a falling out with co-host Barbara Walters in 2006, will appear on the daytime talk show as a guest to promote an awareness campaign about heart disease among women.

After Jones and Walters had the falling out, ABC decided not to renew her contract and Jones took Walters by surprise by announcing she would be leaving the show.

The exit came more quickly than expected. Walters wouldn't allow her back the next day.

Walters later said that Jones had compelled her co-hosts to lie for her by not revealing that Jones had undergone gastric bypass surgery while on "The View." Jones took her own shots, criticizing Walters for writing an autobiography that revealed details of an affair.

Later, the two women had something serious in common - they both underwent open heart surgery to repair faulty heart valves within two months of each other in 2010.

Jones is coming back Feb. 22 to discuss her involvement in the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" public information campaign. Women are asked to wear red on Feb. 3 to support heart patients.